The BA (Hons) Fashion & Textile Design programme at the Academy of Design, awarded by Northumbria University, is a 3-year internationally recognised degree designed for aspiring fashion and textile designers seeking to shape the future of contemporary fashion through creativity, innovation, and craftsmanship.

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Combining fashion design, textile experimentation, concept development, garment construction, surface design, sustainability, and creative research, the programme encourages students to develop a distinct design identity while exploring the relationship between fashion, culture, and global trends. Through studio practice, live industry exposure, fashion showcases, and collaborative projects, students gain the creative, technical, and professional skills needed for careers within fashion design, textile innovation, styling, creative direction, fashion entrepreneurship, and the wider global fashion industry.